Marianne HELFENBERGER (University of Zurich). Costa Rican civic education textbooks and their Swiss and French models at the end of the 19th century
Iveta KESTERE, Lilita ZNOTINA (University of Latvia). A follower of the Swiss psychologist Ernst Schneider in Latvia: Eleonora Upatniece (1893–1981)
Céu BASTO, Margarida Louro FELGUEIRAS (University of Porto). Notes on Portugal’s participation in international congresses of penitentiaries systems and national childhood protection policies (1870-1924)

15h15-15h30 Coffee break

15h30-17h Session 2. Special education in a global age
Chair: Damiano MATASCI (University of Lausanne)

José António Martín AFONSO (University of Minho). Um contribuo para o estudo do campo da Educação Especial em Portugal (1910-1926): contexto nacional e dinâmicas e dinâmicas internacionais / A contribution to the study of the field of Special Education in Portugal (1910-1926): national context and international dynamics
Arnis STRAZDINSS (University of Latvia). The praxis of deviant children re-education between West and East: the case of Latvia
Angela MAGNANINI (University of Roma Foro Italico). L’integrazione delle persone con disabilità in Europa: politiche e prassi / Inclusion processes of people with disabilities in Europe: policies and practices

Irena STONKUVIENE (Vilnius University). Gender (in)equality in Soviet Schools
Barbara GROSS (Free University of Bozen). Language and intercultural education in a globalizing world. Historical developments and contemporary challenges. South Tyrol as an example
Margarida Louro FELGUEIRAS, Juliana ROCHA (University of Porto). The internationalisation process and its effects in structuring the history of education as an academic field in Portugal (1960-2015)

Edwin KEINER (Free University of Bozen). Standardisation of educational research quality criteria and the consequences for epistemological and social inclusion and exclusion
Cristiana BARBIERATO (Vilnius University). Teacher as a pupil growing/raising authority: reviving the notion of pedagogical authority ontologically and experientially
Gernot HERZER (Free University of Bozen). The use of core terms and core concepts in educational theories in a cross-cultural perspective